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Former director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy has said the UK government's suggestion that leaving the EU with no trade deal is better than a bad deal, is "not the best way" to start negotiations.

The former EU trade commissioner told Martha Kearney if the UK were to use WTO rules instead of a bilateral free trade agreement, trade would be "less open and then more costly".

(Photo: Sign on the World Trade Organisation headquarters in Geneva. Credit: Getty Images)